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Fabio Alexis Lefebvre1,2, Éric Lécuyer3,4,5,6

  • 1Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), Montréal, QC H2W 1R7, Canada. fabioalexis.lefebvre@ircm.qc.ca.

Journal of Developmental Biology
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PubMed

Keywords:
DrosophilaRNAdevelopmentembryogenesisepigeneticsmaternal-to-zygotic transitionposttranscriptional regulationtranscriptomicszygotic genome activation

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